Continuing our series of posts discussing Documentum and Alfresco, the following offers a brief summary of support offered by both Documentum and Alfresco. Documentum Support EMC offers a number of support options for software customers –Enhanced and Basic, which extends to both EMC hardware and software products. Basic support provides 5×9 support with various response […]
Migrating from Documentum to Alfresco – Can Captiva InputAccel Still be Used for Scanning?
While most companies have made strides in reducing the amount of paper they need to deal with on a daily basis, paper is still at the origin of many processes, from invoices to claim forms to case report forms in clinical trials. Quickly capturing and classifying the paper so it can be electronically distributed throughout […]
Documentum and Alfresco – Document Creation and Import
Document creation is a function of every document management system. You have to have a way of getting content into that content management system – otherwise your system isn’t managing much of anything! Products and Interfaces Documentum has numerous products that provide creation and import functionality. Webtop is the most common. But other options include InputAccel, DCM, […]
Documentum Object Model and the Alfresco Content Model
The Documentum object model and the Alfresco content model have many similarities. Both software packages have the concept of library services (check in / check out), a data dictionary, and a hierarchical data model however implementations do differ. In Documentum, administrators can create or alter custom object types with the use of Documentum Administrator, Composer, […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Development Environment Comparison
Beyond the features and look and feel of ECM user interfaces discussed in our initial posts, we recognize the importance of a stable and robust development environment necessary to facilitate the customization, support and maintenance of an ECM platform. We also recognize that organizations who use Documentum today likely employ staff with Documentum specific skill […]
Migrating Documentum to Alfresco – User Interface Overview
This is the third post in our series on migrating from Documentum to Alfresco. As we pointed out in our disclaimer in our initial post on this subject, we are not saying Alfresco is better than Documentum, just different. Which Interface to compare? The challenge in comparing Documentum to Alfresco interfaces is both solutions offer […]
Migrating from Documentum to Alfresco – Pricing Differences
As we alluded to in our last post, one of the major differences between Alfresco and Documentum is pricing. While it is easy to say that Alfresco is “cheaper” – that can somewhat imply that the quality of Alfresco limited. In talking to our clients, we realize emphasis that the business and software development model […]
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Part 1
2010 seems to be the year many of our Documentum clients are deciding (or considering) to migrate to Alfresco. For this post, we will try to address the reasons leading to this trend. This will be the first of several posts on the subject with follow-up posts providing more technical, application and industry examples. First […]
Migrating From Documentum with OpenMigrate: Best Practices
Migrating out of a full-feature ECM solution like Documentum can introduce a number of challenges; OpenMigrate can help resolve the problems.